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The Darcy Fund

Remember Darcy? How can we forget that beautiful six year old tri-color who died in June, and her sad but wonderfully educational daily blog ( http://darcysdaily.blogspot.com/ )?

Well, Darcy's family, Kim and Jerry Thornton, have founded The Darcy Fund, which will finance research into the causes and cures for mitral valve disease in dogs. Read all about it in Darcy's Mum's current column on the MSNBC website -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14791469/

Surprisingly, until the Thorntons talked the ACKCSC's trust into joining this effort, the ACKCSC and its trust, at least on their two websites, have been ignoring MVD. It is not mentioned on the ACKCSC's health webpage http://www.ackcsc.org/health.htm -- (you would think that just maybe the leading cause of death of Cavaliers might get a word or two mention on the health webpage of the parent club for the breed), and the charitable trust has not listed any grants to MVD research on its website http://www.ackcsccharitabletrust.org/grants.htm . So, The Darcy Fund is a major breakthrough. Perhaps next, the club will even acknowledge the existence of the MVD breeding protocol.

Thank you, Kim and Jerry Thornton, for creating this wonderful way to memorialize your wonderful dog, Darcy. So now, if anybody asks you, what can they do about MVD, tell them to contribute to The Darcy Fund.